What does close down mean?
close down
Definition
To shut a shop, a restaurant or another business for good, so that it stops trading.
Example sentences
Half the shops in that glass-fronted commercial building have closed down since the mall opened.
Half the shops in that glass-fronted commercial building have closed down since the mall opened.
The video store closed down years ago, and nothing's opened there since.
The video store closed down years ago, and nothing's opened there since.